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Fatty acid profiles in the gonads of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis on natural algal diets
(2008)
We examined fatty acid (FA) compositions of gonads of the green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus
droebachiensis collected from a grazing aggregation (front) at the edge of a kelp bed and from
barrens dominated by coralline ...
Modelling phase shifts in a rocky subtidal ecosystem
(Inter-Research, Nordbuente 23 Oldendorf/Luhe 21385 Germany, [mailto:ir@int-res.com],
[URL:http://www.int-res.com/], 2008-03)
The rocky subtidal ecosystem of the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia is characterised by 2
community states, kelp beds and urchin barrens that alternate on a decadal time scale. While the
shift from barrens to a kelp bed ...